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Swami Dayananda Saraswati , founder of Arya Samaj, social reformer, nationalist, who awakened Hindus with his call of "Back to the Vedas", influenced a whole generation of freedom fighters. A truly great soul. #swamidayanandasaraswati
Thread on his Jayanti today.
His real name was Moolshankar, born to Karshanji Tiwari, a tax collector and Yashoda, in Tankara, Morbi dt of Gujarat .He grew up studying the scriptures, and he was prepared for a comfortable life ahead.
The death of his younger sister and uncle from cholera, had a profound impact on him, and as he began to ask questions on life and death, his parents began to worry for him.
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30 October 1883 marks the death anniversary of #SwamiDayanandSaraswati. This is a thread on the links between the #AryaSamaj & the #HinduMahasabha & the #RSS. It will also explain how the Samaj contributed to the growth of the #Sangh

#history #Hindutva #SanghParivar #BJP
The #AryaSamaj was founded on 10 April 1875 at Bombay (#Mumbai) by Swami #DayanandSaraswati. This monotheistic order laid stress on the values laid down in the #Vedas & was against idol worship.
As a counter to the proselytizing Abrahamic faiths like Christianity and Islam, the #AryaSamaj launched a reconversion campaign called #shuddhi. As the #HinduMahasabha grew in the 1920s, many #AryaSamaj leaders joined it. Shuddhi became one of the Mahasabha's driving forces
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